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Simla (India)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

A Suket Cow and Bullock, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/403
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a Suket cow and bullock standing in a field in the hills of S[h]imla with an Indian man standing next to them in 190[2]. Part of the Survey of the India Office, Calcutta, May 190[2?]

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Baskets, Simla District, [India], 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/3291
Scope and Contents

Illustrations of two baskets used for carrying agricultural products in the Simal District of [India] in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Bazaar [in] Simla, [India], 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/3153
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a bazaar in Simla, [India] from above showing the buildings in a mountanous region in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Cinghalese Bull and Mountain Cattle Near Simla, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/404
Scope and Contents

Two illustrations, the first, of a Cinghalese bull standing in the road next to a barn with a man standing its head; and the second of mountain cattle grazing in a field near Simla.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Grinding Mill, Simla, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/223
Scope and Contents

Illustration of a grinding mill, or gharat, from the Simla District in India which is worked by water power.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Hill Folk, S[h]imla District, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/159
Scope and Contents

Photograph of two Pahari men, or Hill folk from the Simla [Shimla] District in Himachal Pradesh, India. A note on the slide states, "There are 'Paharis' or hill men who inhabit villages in Simla District."

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Monsoon. From Kasauli Looking Towards Simla, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2625
Scope and Contents

Photograph of the view from the town of Kasauli looking over the mountains towards Simla during the monsoon in 1904.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Mortar, Pestle and Sup., Simla District, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/224
Scope and Contents

Illustration of a mortar, pestle and sup, from the Simla District, India for pounding and winnowing rice, etc.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Simla, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/225
Scope and Contents

Photograph of Simla, India showing the Vice-Royal Lodge and government offices in the late 19th or early 20th century. The photograph was taken from Jakko, India.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Under the Deodars, Simla, Jakko Hill [India], 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/209
Scope and Contents

Photograph of Jakko Hill near the city of Simla [Shimla] in India, 'taken from Mashobra to east of Simla.' Also, there is a handwritten note on the slide, 'Under the Deodars' which is a reference to Rudyard Kipling's book of the same name.

Dates: 1870s-1930s